How did you started playing minecraft?

I started playing Minecraft way back in the day after watching countless hours of YouTubers and livestreamers play the game.
Back then I could only really watch videos in 240p on my then terrible internet connection, it hasn't improved much since...
Either way, I got really into the game, and my parents weren't really fans of buying games online, nevermind anything on the internet.
I remember sitting in the car on the way back from school explaining the entire game to them just so that they'd consider the purchase... After I impressed them with my mass knowledge of the game they finally caved and bought it for me off the official Minecraft Website. I never really used pirated versions of Minecraft, especially back then because I wanted to support the developers and the game was really small even for its size way back then.
After that, my parents and I regularly buy things off the internet. That purchase seemed to get rid of their fear of the internet lmao